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Trek Industries developed and published a game on steam called ORION, today they went public about Activion's DMCA takedown of their game from steam due to similarities in weapon designs from ORION and CoD: black ops 3/CoD: advanced warfare.

Now here's when things get fishy.

In their
official facebook
and steam group
they tried to come off as victims, claiming that DMCA is unfair, that it's a deliberate move by activision to halt the sales during the biggest sale of the year, indirectly compared activision to bullies attacking a small developer and they even tried to promote some hashtags.

Gun comparison pictures
provided by the trek ind.
in both the facebook post and steam group:

If you look back at both
official
pictures from Trek again, you may notice that the top of the ORION gun on the comparison 2 looks similar to the black ops gun from comparison 1. They spread those 2 guns into 2 different pictures and changed the colours a bit so it would be harder to notice.

The evidence is pretty clear, Trek Industries are guilty, Activision's DMCA takedown is legit, and Trek Industries tried to trick the public with misleading screenshots and grand words to come off as victims, which would give them a bunch of positive PR.

Their strategy is
clearlyworkingas intented
and we need to stop this. Please make this thread visible or their pesky PR will work out for them.

This a live thread and I will update it as soon as new info comes up. Feel free to link me info in the comments, I will add that info into the post.

I also recalled a story from a couple of years ago when they essentially re-released their own game ORION: dino beatdown, but called it ORION: dino horde with minimal changes. It was commonly agreed that this most likely was a trick to get a new meta-critic page and to mislead people into buying the same game twice.

Many people suggest that "all guns look similar" or that "futuristic guns are based on real guns, so they were just based on the same gun". I am not a gun expert, but I am pretty sure that BO3's weapons are only
loosely
based on real life firearms.

If someone there is a gun expert please post pictures of real life guns with EXACTLY the same parts as they appeared in BO3.

Even if it was the case, I seriously doubt that this would happen as a coincidence and even if you model based on the same gun doesn't mean that it's going to be IDENTICAL. Look at all the AK-47s in different games. It looks similar, sure, but you can clearly see that those are different assets made by different people.

With ORION parts of the gun are EXACTLY the same as their BO3 counterparts. 2 different 3d modelers would still make slightly different models even if they were based on the same thing.

EDIT 4#:

Check out
this post
by /u/Mcfooce
for more info on infamous history of Trek Industries bullshit.

EDIT 5#:

A lot of people don't get that this
not
about guns being visually similar. As I explained with the example of 2 AK-47s in different games looking slightly different, despite being modeled after the same irl gun.

With this situation, it's beyond being visually similar. Either they maticulously replicated the model to be EXACTLY the same, I mean up to every little hole and polygon or they straight up stole assets, which is illegal.

If they were to model the guns themselves it doesn't make any sense, because they could make slight alterations while they model it. It would've been easier, faster and less copyrighty to make slight alterations to the model.

So yeah, the evidence is clear, they ripped those assets straight from BO3, which is shameless
and
illegal.

But the worst thing is that, they played it like they are actually victims. They specifically put their screenshots the way they did to hide as many similarities as possible. Community screenshots are much more clear in showing just how similar those assets are. They lied to us and manipulated us, so they can come off as victims of big bad evil mega-publisher while being 100% guilty.

This. This is worse than assets stealing itself.

Manipulation and lies are indefensible.

EDIT 6#:

Extended example with AK-47s.

CS:GO,
CoD 4,
Far cry 3,
escape from tarkov
(don't mind the missing dust cap, game is not out and I couldn't find a better screenshot. If anything it proves that it's not the same as others, though.)

All of those AKs look similar, but clearly aren't EXACTLY the same like we see with ORION's guns and BO3.

mini-edit: some people claim that those helmets are supposed to be like other famous helmets, like an hommage or something. I pretty sure it's still illegal to do without permission from the IP holder. I doubt that they have those permissions, though. This may actually excuse the helmets a little, but only the helmets. Everything else is still bullshit.

This will probably get buried in your inbox, but Trek Industries also posted more bullshit on facebook, claiming he was worried that activision wasn't the one who filed the one who filed the dcma request with steam:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1173241279374160&substory_index=0&id=133141246717507
He also posted a screencap of an email from activisions lawyers giving him a way out and asking he release the game without the stolen assets. Same post. I have begun posting all over their page asking that they post the original dcma request to prove their stance that it contained nothing in the way of evidence. Could we get that into your post? I think that is the way to go now- currently they can still play the victim card because noone but then has seen the original takedown notice and they can say whatever they want.

Also I've received more reports of them deleting facebook comments.

EDIT 14#:

Wow, they also made several
youtube videos
(with fucking text walls) explaining how big bad activision "Maliciously Attacks" defensless indie trek ind., while sad music is playing in the background.

It looks like a sick self-parody, what the fuck?!

All quoted edits about his reddit are false! He claims that his reddit account has been hacked, which looks like the most likely scenario.

Just in case I saved the source version of my post on my goodle drive. I will post it again with the throaway account, if something actually happens to this thread. If that happens, make sure to spread the word outside of reddit.

David, do you actually understand that the negative PR from threatning to delete this thread can actually destroy your company?

If their
facebook page
is to be believed account /u/DPrassel, has been hacked and all of his recent reddit posts are false.

I will still keep the screencaps, but seems to be the case. I doubt that David Prassel actually said any of the things he just said, but this only applies to his recent reddit activity, everything else is still valid.

EDIT 19#:

Make judgment for yourselves, but many people claim that his reddit account wasn't hacked, because he screencapped the e-mail the second it came in.

I, honestly, don't even know what's real anymore.

Will update if more news come in.

EDIT 20#:

Whatever happened to his reddit, this is so insane that you can't make this shit up either way.

Oh and since EDIT #12, he made 600$+ on his
indiegogo campaing. (not counting his own donation of 500$)

EDIT 21#:

He made a
video about indiegogo campaing
and he dropped another 250$ from his Twitch account. In total, he donated 750$ to his own fucking campaing of which the goal is 500$.

Myself and a few other jaded ex-spiral devs are getting a warm fuzzy feeling from this at the moment (we were booted in the second, publicised wave of firings around the launch of Dino Beatdown - part of the reason the game shipped with placeholder assets and dev textures!). Glad the world is finally seeing what we already witnessed.

IIRC the game was pretty shit, and Total Biscuit made a video criticizing it quite harshly, with the rights to do so from the game's creators (they thought it would be good PR, I assume). When they realized he had criticized it they issued an DMCA takedown request, pulling the video, which is
bad news
for a YouTube channel (3 strikes and you're out).

I read the Orion post and almost bought it instantly until I looked at some of the pictures, then I read a bit more and suddenly it's not as innocent as they are making out.

I noticed even in their own shots, there were elements that were way too similar to have been a mistake. Someone obviously use it as a model and didn't break it apart and mix and match enough to make it unnoticeable.

I think a lot of the issue is that everyone can think of an indie dev who never steered them wrong, but it's hard to think of a AAA dev like that. Which is hilariously unfair, considering there are thousands of indies and like 20 AAA publishers, if that.

Remember that actual devs, in this case the 3D artist(s) responsible for working on the weapon models and textures have little or
nothing
to do with their AAA publishers' questionable sales and marketing practices.

It's still plagiarism and art theft, even if it was stolen from a developer working for a major studio, or a studio sponsored by a major publisher. It's just... incredibly stupid that the person who stole the models would think that nobody would notice.

As the great warrior-poets from the Wu Tang Clan said, "Shame on an individual in a similar situation who tried to take advantage of their fellow man".

Nobody really likes microtransactions. Except major publishers. They added new weapons to Black Ops 3 but the only way to get those items is through microtransactions. Also Activision had issues with employees. This is the award winning team of developers Infinity Ward who made the modern online FPS scene what it is today when they released Modern Warfare and was canned after MW2. Now it's a shell of the company it once was. It was dispute over how much they were getting paid vs how much money their games were making. Every other FPS including Halo tries to be like Call of Duty. When people say that they are referring to the original modern warfare and how much that changed online FPS genre on consoles.

If Nvidia went out of business, odds are that other companies would spring up to try and take it's place. If AMD goes out of business, it might show that Nvidia is really hard to compete against, and not many alternatives will come to market (I'm sure it takes a lot of starting capital to get into this specific market). AMD provides a good source of competition and forces Nvidia to either innovate, or charge less for their product.

Nothing about blizz is evil. They make fantastic games and overcharge for most of them. They're greedy, but considering the quality of work they produce I just hope it goes towards paying their people. That's the only way I can justify half of the money I've spent on blizz lol.

The way they've handled overwatch seems really good, they genuinely listen to their community. Someone posted on
/r/overwatch
about an unbreakable teacup in the pre game spawn and they actually fixedit, even though it was so ridiculous.

IMO it seems like they are really keen to make a extremely good game, but there are a few people who don't want that and there's where all the hate comes from. If you watch some of the behind the scenes stuff, it seems like they're really passionate about a hobby, not describing their work.

I can't really say that they overcharge. They make a good product. Sometimes, people make really nice shit that I can't afford easily. Does that mean it's overpriced? I mean, a Honda is like 33,000 and a BMW is like 45,000 USD. Does that mean the BMW is overpriced? Yes, but that's a terrible example, stop listening to me.

Big companies are praised all the time. Nvidia, eBay, Corsair, etc. The only companies Reddit
really
hates are EA, Ubisoft, Nestle, and Comvast.

It sounds like you're just trying to be a contrarian - going against whatever opinion you think Reddit happens to have so you can feel like the smarter person. If you thought they loved big companies you'd say they should be hated.

Netcode is horrible. I couldn't play with friends reliably and for the longest time i couldn't even host a lobby. They took i think one month to patch in group lobbies. They failed to keep to their update schedule last month which is why i refunded so their next major update is either out now or likely out today. Tuesdays seem to be their thing. The game has an inherent input lag of 8 frames. Multiply 8 by 16.67 and that's how long in milliseconds it takes for a button press to come out. In usf4 it was 4 frames which is much less. That input lag can cause you not to be able react to things reasonably or optimally which is silly.

There's more to say I'm sure but these are just the issues i had with the game personally. There was no content at launch besides a poorly made multiplayer, training mode, versus mode. I don't think they even implemented PS4 controller support yet on pc which is funny because it's a ps4 and pc only game. You probably still cannot remap your keyboard buttons but i havent played the game in forever and have no intention to based on how capcom has been handling things. Their two mediums of PR,their japan and united states offices,also seem to be not in sync and saying different things.

I don't think it will be an issue. Since the game was taken down from the store, you should be able to contact support and ask for a refund - as the game is no longer compliant with Valve's ToS, you should have a right to refund it

Kitbashing (in 3D design) is best used as a jumping off point and not the full product. It's fine to be inspired by a thing and then making something that is reminiscent of it, but just straight copying something through it is the worst possible way to go about it. The least they could have done is stand by their flaming fuckup.

Kitbashing happens more often than you'd think in games development, albeit without the copyright infringement. In a broader sense, it also encapsulates reusing art assets in a level in a way they weren't intended for, usually to compensate for art budget limitations. For example, some of Skyrim's low tables are literally just bookshelves plunged into the floor so only the top third is showing. Here's a great article on it, specifically how Bethesda do it
http://blog.joelburgess.com/2013/04/skyrims-modular-level-design-gdc-2013.html?m=1

The barrel shroud region is the most immediately obvious to me. The three grey hexagonoids and tan component serve no purpose in real guns and are simply added details or "greebles". Looking for your greebles is an excellent way to spot copycats. No two 3D artists should have exactly the same flourish, as there's no reference they could haved pulled them from.

It's down to the finest details too, like the screw by the rear sight is rotated to the same angle, the ridges and cut outs in the barrel are the exact same shape and rotated to the same position. It's things like that that don't just happen to be the exact the same when models are made by different people.